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Men's Golf Has Past and Future Competing in European Tour's SAS Masters

Velasco, Larson Playing in Event

       

Coastal Carolina Men's Golf

Coastal Carolina Men's Golf

July 22, 2009

CONWAY, S.C. - Coastal Carolina University's men's golf program is well represented on this week's stop on the European PGA Tour, as former Chanticleer Alvaro Velasco and incoming freshman Anders Larson are both playing in the event. The tournament is being played at Barsebäck Golf and Country Club in Malmö, Sweden.

Larson, a native of Sweden, tees off on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Swedish time with Roope Kakko and John Mellor, while Velasco goes off two groups ahead of him at 1:40 p.m. with Bradley Dredge and Joel Sjöholm. Velasco's most recent outing on the tour was in The Barclays Scottish Open, where he tied for 53rd.